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Alarm! US Debt Breaks $34 Trillion As Bitcoin Hiccups
Confounded Interest ^ | 01/03/2024 | Anthony B. Sanders

Posted on 01/03/2024 6:19:57 AM PST by Kaiser8408a

Alarm!

In another episode of “Government Gone Wild” we see that total Federal debt just broke through the $34 trillion mark.

Some context: US debt increased by…

$1 trillion in the past 3 months $2 trillion in the past 6 months $4 trillion in the past 2 years $11 trillion in the past 4 years The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is flashing the alarm.

Reckless spending in Washington DC by the administration and Congress is projected to drive US Debt to GDP to rise like the nuclear reactor in the film K-19: The Widowmaker.

Today the crypto market flash-crashed this morning with Bitcoin instantaneously puking from $45,500 to $41,000…

And Ethereum followed suite…

Over $550 million in crypto long positions were liquidated in the past 24 hours, per data from CoinGlass, including $104 million in Bitcoin longs in the past hour alone.

The extremely volatile cryptos are rallying. But still down on the day.

(Excerpt) Read more at confoundedinterest.net ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: bitcoin; debt

1 posted on 01/03/2024 6:19:57 AM PST by Kaiser8408a
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To: Kaiser8408a

The Bitcoin environment was all frothy based on pending ETF approvals. There were too many traders using margin. They got a lesson this morning about “selling the news.”

This is why Bitcoin is speculative at best. It is not an “investment” in the traditional sense of the word. I am a long term Bitcoin holder...this type of “whiplash” is pretty common and happens every few months to one degree or another.


2 posted on 01/03/2024 6:23:13 AM PST by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: Kaiser8408a
Proof that the left has absolutely no idea what money IS.

They would do well to read Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged to learn the fundamentals.

3 posted on 01/03/2024 6:24:24 AM PST by fwdude (.)
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To: Vermont Lt

How liquid is Bitcoin, really? I’ve always wondered if the price listed on the markets is actually what you can realistically get.


4 posted on 01/03/2024 6:25:48 AM PST by fwdude (.)
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To: Kaiser8408a

If Biden returns to the White House, reckless spending will continue.
If Trump returns to the White House, reckless spending will continue.

Replace either of those names with anyone except Rand Paul, and the result will be the same. Hyperinflation, here we come.


5 posted on 01/03/2024 6:27:09 AM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Kaiser8408a

It’s not IF there will a crash, it’s WHEN there will be a crash.


6 posted on 01/03/2024 6:31:28 AM PST by The Louiswu (Pray for Peace in the world.)
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To: fwdude
Proof that the left has absolutely no idea what money IS.

Constitutional money is PMs. Or 1:1, easy exchangable treasury notes backed by PMs.


7 posted on 01/03/2024 6:31:51 AM PST by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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To: Vermont Lt
I am a long term Bitcoin holder

Well, there's a reason to hope for a crash...

8 posted on 01/03/2024 6:35:55 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: logi_cal869

Already recouped about a 1,000% return. It could drop down to $120…I would still be good.

But, thanks for your concern.


9 posted on 01/03/2024 6:41:37 AM PST by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: Kaiser8408a

Our unfunded liabilities are $212 trillion. Just saying.


10 posted on 01/03/2024 6:43:48 AM PST by Starboard
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To: Kaiser8408a

Here are the National Debt milestones for 2023-—

15 jun 2023 = 32.0
15 sep 2023 = 33.0
29 dec 2023 = 34.0

Ever since McCarthy agreed to let spending go rampant, the debt has increased $1 trillion every 90 days


11 posted on 01/03/2024 6:46:59 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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To: Vermont Lt
But, thanks for your concern.


12 posted on 01/03/2024 6:54:12 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Kaiser8408a
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13 posted on 01/03/2024 7:03:19 AM PST by The Louiswu (Pray for Peace in the world.)
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To: Vermont Lt

This is why Bitcoin is speculative at best. It is not an “investment” in the traditional sense of the word.


It was sold as a medium of exchange, everyone views it as a lottery ticket.


14 posted on 01/03/2024 7:16:04 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Kaiser8408a

Consider:

one billion seconds = 31 years

one trillion seconds = 31,000 years

Let that sync in a little and you’ll get a sense of magnitude here.

How do you reverse that out? What’s the total actual value of everything in the world?


15 posted on 01/03/2024 7:20:36 AM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: PeterPrinciple

It is 1000% better than giving woke MasterCard or Visa your $$$ to send


16 posted on 01/03/2024 8:23:18 AM PST by George from New England
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To: fwdude
Proof that the left has absolutely no idea what money IS.

The Republican establishment is just as complicit in running up the debt.

17 posted on 01/03/2024 8:51:45 AM PST by Kazan
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To: fwdude

“And Ethereum followed suite…”


18 posted on 01/03/2024 9:41:19 PM PST by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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